GB Workshop manual

FS400LV

HUSQVARNA CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS

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FS400LV 1. Introduction 1
Spare parts 1

2. Components – orientation 2
3. Belt/Blade shaft 4
Belt guard 4
Pulleys and flanges 5
Blade shaft 6

4. Belt adjustment 8
5. Wheel 9
Front wheel 9
Rear wheel 9

6. Height adjustment 10
7. Cutting depth indicator 12
Introduction 1

Workshop Manual
The Workshop Manual includes virtually
all workshop procedures that can come into
question on the FS400LV. Some very simple
and self-evident repairs have been omitted.

OUTLINE
The manual describes dismantling and
reassembling of various components
through the different chapters.

This means that as a mechanic, at least until

you have learnt the basic composition of
the machine, you need to start with some
earlier chapters to allow for access to the
service items concerned.

LAYOUT – PICTURES AND TEXT

The pictures are mostly enough to guide the
mechanic through the various procedures.
The text on the right hand column has
further references and explanations for the
repair work on the machine.

CONTENTS
The manual is decided into numbered
chapters with chapter headings that are
stated in bold at the top of each page.

The list of contents has chapter references

as well as page references for relevant
subtitles.

Spare parts
SPARE PARTS FS400LV
The documents include all spare parts for:
FS400LV, part. No: 115 03 07-20
All components are illustrated in exploded
views of the entire machine, where each
component’s position, spare part number
and appearance can be easily identified.

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2 Components – orientation

1 Components

1. Console

2. Engine

3. Belt guard
2
4. Frame

3 5. Side panel

4 6. Rear wheel

5 7. Blade guard

8. Cutting blade

9. Carriage

6 10. Front wheel

11. Pointer with roller

11

7
8 10
9

12 13

12. Wheel handle

13. Lowering wheel

14. Pointer

15. Depth indicator

14 16. Water tank

15

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3 Belt/Blade shaft

DISASSEMBLING
Preparations
Raise the machine to its
1 highest position

Belt guard
a
1. Remove the three belt guard
b screws (a-c) with washers

— use a 16 mm spanner
c
2
2. Lift off the belt guard

3
3. Loosen the tension screw (d)

Loosen the four nuts (e-h)

holding the engine in place
e
— use a 18 mm spanner
f and a 17 mm socket key
d

h 4. Lower the machine

4
g
Push the engine forward on the
frame to loosen the belt from
the pulleys
Pull off the belt

— Roll the blade shaft pulley (i) while

pulling off the belt to make it easier
to remove the belt

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 Belt/Blade shaft 3

Pulleys and flanges

5 5. The screws have thread locking.
A knock to the screw head weakens
the thread locking

Remove the Allen screws

(a and b)
b

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6. Remove the blade shaft pulley

— use a universal puller

— The universal puller can be

purchased from Husqvarna
Art. no. 504 90 90-02

504 90 90-02

7. Remove screw (c) and outer flange

7 8
— use a 18 mm spanner

8. Reattach screw (c) and use it as a

counter hold to be able to remove
the inner flange

Remove inner flange

c
— use a universal puller

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3 Belt/Blade shaft

Blade shaft

9 — Place something stable under

the carriage to easier reach the
blade shaft

9. Remove the two Allen screws

(a and b) on both bearings

— use a 3 mm Allen key

10. Remove the nuts and screws (c)

with washers by placing a spanner
on the screw and a socket key on
10 the nut on the inside of the frame

— use a 16 mm spanner
and a 17 mm socket key

c
— The bearings are now loose from
11 the blade shaft and the shaft is
not attached to the machine

d
11. Push one of the bearings (d)
towards the other on the blade shaft
to be able to get out the blade shaft

12 12. Remove the blade shaft (e)

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 Belt/Blade shaft 3

REASSEMBLING
1 Preparations
Raise the machine to its
highest position

1. Put the blade shaft back

Push the bearings in place

Tighten the two Allen screws
located on the blade shaft
Tighten the screws and nuts
Put the flanges back on and
attach the screw

2
2. Knock the pulley onto the blade shaft
3 f
— use a rubber mallet

3. Make sure that the pulley is in line

with the blade shaft key (f)

4 4. Secure the two screws with thread

lock compound before attaching the
screws

5 5. Reattach the Allen screws

— use a 4 mm Allen key

Put the belt back on the pulleys

and adjust the tension of the belt
according to the next chapter

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4 Belt adjustment

ADJUST BELT TENSION

Tighten the engine nuts (e-h)
slightly
Turn the tension screw (d), the
engine will be pushed towards the
rear
h
g
e
Continue by checking:
f 1. The tension of the belt by twisting
d
the belt with normal strength. If it
is possible to twist the belt 45° (not
more or less) the belt is correctly
tensioned.
2 2. That the pulleys are parallel and
aligned by placing a ruler on the
pulleys
1
— There should not be a gap
between the ruler and the pulleys

If the pulleys are not parallel/aligned or

if the belt is not correct tensioned,
proceed with steps below

Adjust the position of the engine

Adjust the tension screw

— If the belt is correctly tensioned and

the pulleys are parallel and aligned,
no further adjustments are needed

Final steps
Tighten the engine nuts (e-h)
Unscrew the tension screw (d)
two turns and fasten the nut to
i prevent the screw from rubbing
against the engine block
j
Put the belt guard back on

Tighten the screws (i-k)

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 Wheel 5

Front wheel
1 Preparations
Raise the machine to its
highest position
Place something stable under the
carriage

1. Remove the front wheel nut

with washer

— use a 16 mm socket key

Replace the front wheel and

tighten the nut
2

Rear wheel
Preparations
Lift the rear and place something
stable under

2. Remove screw (a)

— use a 16 mm spanner
f and a 18 mm socket key

Place the 16 mm spanner on

screw (f) and the 18 mm socket
key on screw (a) on the inside
3 of the frame
Pull off the wheel

4
3. Fasten the wheel axle (c) in a support,
e.g. a vice and remove the screw (f)

— use a 16 mm spanner

4. Pull off the wheel and replace it with

a new one

Rear wheel parts

(a) screw
(b) washer
a (c) wheel axle
(d) wheel
b (e) washer
c e (f) screw

REASSEMBLING REAR WHEEL

f Simply reverse step 2-4

d 9
6 Height adjustment

1 DISASSEMBLING
Preparations
Raise the machine to its
highest position

1. Remove the Allen screw located on

the handle wheel

Remove the handle wheel by

spinning it counterclockwise

a
2 2. Remove the nut (a) located on the
upper side by using two spanners,
one on the nut on the upper side
and the other on the nut (c)
under the console

— use two 30 mm spanners

3 3. Fasten the wheel handle again after

removing the nut (a)
b Spin the wheel counterclockwise
to separate the height adjustment
screw (b) from the nut (c) and the
c height adjustment (d)

d Take care of nut and washers

4. Remove the screws by using two

spanners, one on each side of the
4 console to remove the bearing (e)

— use two 16 mm spanners

Important
— Read the service bulletin:
e B1300015 before replacing the
depth adjustment bearing (e)

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 Height adjustment 6

FURTHER DISASSEMBLING
5 6 Preparations
Remove the right rear wheel
(see chapter 2) to be able to reach
the screw
Lower the machine until you can
see the screw through the hole
(see picture 5)

5. Remove the screw holding the

height adjustment

6. Place something under the frame

in the front of the machine to
7 8 make sure that there is no weight
on the carriage (see picture 6)

— This will release the pressure on

the gas spring which makes it
possible to, in a secure way,
remove the gas spring

7. Remove the height adjustment if and

only if the gas spring (f) is in its
f extended position (see picture 7)

8. Move the height adjustment to the

right to loosen it from the frame

9. Take care of the washers (g)

9 10
10. Remove the height adjustment from
the gas spring

Remove screw (h) by using two

spanners, one on each side of the
height adjustment (see picture 11)
g
h — use two 13 mm spanners

11

REASSEMBLING
Simply reverse steps above

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7 Cutting depth indicator

Calibrate the depth indicator

The indicator must be calibrated before
the machine is taken into use

Preparations
Wind down the blade so that it
barely touches the ground

1. Loosen the screw (a)

Position the depth indicator (c)

so that the pointer (b) indicates
“0”

Tighten the screw (a)

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